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Medical Device Act 2012 s 52

Medical Device Act 2012 s 52

s 52 Search and seizure without warrant

If an authorized officer is satisfied upon information received that he has reasonable cause to believe that by reason of delay in obtaining a search warrant under section 51 the investigation would be adversely affected or evidence of the commission of an offence is likely to be tampered with, removed, damaged or destroyed, the authorized officer may enter the premises or conveyance and exercise in, upon and in respect of the premises or conveyance all the powers referred to in section 51 in as full and ample a manner as if he were authorized to do so by a warrant issued under that section.

Malay text (authoritative)

Penggeledahan dan penyitaan tanpa waran

Jika seseorang pegawai diberi kuasa berpuas hati atas maklumat yang diterima bahawa dia mempunyai sebab yang munasabah untuk mempercayai bahawa oleh sebab kelengahan dalam memperoleh suatu waran geledah di bawah seksyen 51 penyiasatan akan terjejas atau keterangan mengenai pelakuan sesuatu kesalahan mungkin diganggu, dipindahkan, dirosakkan atau dimusnahkan, pegawai diberi kuasa itu boleh memasuki premis atau pengangkut itu dan menjalankan di dalam, pada dan berkenaan dengan premis atau pengangkut itu semua kuasa yang disebut dalam seksyen 51 dengan cara yang sepenuhnya dan secukupnya seolah-olah dia telah diberi kuasa untuk berbuat demikian oleh suatu waran yang dikeluarkan di bawah seksyen itu.

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Text as at 1 March 2017 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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